JOHN POMARA

 

 

BORN             October 3, 1952

 

EDUCATION

 

            1980    Master of Fine Arts, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas

            1979    Studio Arts Program, Empire State University, New York, New York

            1978    Bachelor of Fine Arts, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

           

            2007    ÒDigital-DatingÓ Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

            2006    Ò96-tearsÓ  Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

2004    "i_liner / paintings" Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas

            2002    "Flat FilesÓ Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

                        Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California

            2001    "Concentrations 39: John Pomara," Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

                        "The Paintings of John Pomara," Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas

            2000    "Line Drive," Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

            1998    Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

            1996    Eugene Binder Gallery, L.I.C., New York, New York

            1992    Eugene Binder Gallery, Dallas, Texas

            1991    Eugene Binder Gallery, Dallas, Texas

            1987    DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

           

            2007    ÒGroup ShowÓ, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, Texas

                        ÒReno7Ó, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

            2006    ÒCapturing MotionÓ, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

                        ÒMark Cole, Nicholas Knight, John PomaraÓ Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX

                        ÒTexas Paint 2:  Out of AbstractionÓ Arlington Art Museum, Arlington, TX

                        ÒBlurring the LineÓ UTSA Satellite Space, Blue Star, San Antonio, TX

2005    "Risk of Urbanisms" Univeristy of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas,                                                curated by Charissa Terranova

                        "Adaptation Syndrome" Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA

                        "Paint on Metal:  Modern and Contemporary Explorations and Discoveries"                                         Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

            2004    "Barber/Kincaid/Pomara" Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

            2002    "Slide" University of Dallas, Irving, TX

                        Houldsworth Gallery, London, England

                        "FRESH"  Young-Un Contemporary Art Museum, Kwangju-ity, Kunggi-                                           Do, Korea

                        "Western States"  Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, California

                        "Time/ Frame" Jack Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas

                        "Armory Show"  New York City

                        "Modalities of the Visual"  Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas

            2001    "Chicago Art Fair"  Inman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

                        "Armory Show"  New York City

                                                 

           

           

                       

 

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (cont.)

 

            2001    "Something New Paintings & Photographs", Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX                             "Carl Fudge, John Pomara, William Wood," Eugene Binder Gallery,

                             New York, New York

                        "Hand-Job," University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas

            2000    "DRAWN," Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

                        "A 15th Anniversary Exhibition,"  Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

                        "Artist Created Book Series; Abaton Five and Dime Series Release,"

                             Jan Van der Donk Rare Books, New York, New York

                        "Crossing State Lines:  Texas Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston"                                         Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

                        "Chicago Art Fair,"  Inman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

                        "Small Abstract Painting and Sculpture," Eugene Binder Gallery,

                             New York, New York

                        "Ten," Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas

                        "Artist Books, Jan Van der Donk, Rare Books, New York, New York

                        "Texart 2000," Amarillo Museum of Fine Art, Amarillo, Texas

                        "Positexan," Project, Wichita, Kansas

                        "Five by Seven by X," Texas Fine Arts Association, Jones Center for                                                   Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas

            1999    "Anniversary Show," Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

                              Eugene Binder Gallery, L.I.C., New York, New York

                        "The Beauty Show," Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

            1998    "Static," Eugene Binder Gallery, L.I.C., New York, New York

            1997    "Serial Imagery," Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

                        "Post Pop - Post Pictures," Smart Museum, Chicago, Illinois

                        "Carl Fudge, John Pomara, William Wood," Eugene Binder Gallery,                                                     L.I.C., New York, New York

                        "Disiptoey," Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas

            1996    "Texas Abstract, New Painting in the Nineties," ArtPace,

                             San Antonio, Texas; McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas;                                            Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas; and Bridge Center for                                                      Contemporary Art, El Paso, Texas.  (Catalogue, curated by

                             Francis Colpitt).

            1995    "Gang Warfare," McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

                        "Tad Griffin, Tom Moody, John Pomara, David Szafranski,"  Eugene                                                   Binder Gallery, Dallas, Texas

                        "Part Two: Tad Griffin, Tom Moody, John Pomara, David Szafranski,"                                                Eugene Binder Gallery, Dallas, Texas

            1993    "Darkness+Light," Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston,

                             Houston, Texas

                        "Abstraction: Continued," Center for Research in Contemporary Art,"                                                   University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

            1992    "Forty Plus Views," Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

            1991    "Mid-America Biennial," Nelson-Adkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri

                        "Pure Paint," Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

           

 

 

 

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (cont.)

 

            1991    "Fifteenth Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition," Emporia State                                          University, Emporia, Kansas

                        "Invitational Painting Exhibition," Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas

            1990    "Art in the Metroplex 1990," Texas Christian University,

                             Fort Worth, Texas - Juror: Ned Rifkin, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.

            1989    "Art in the Metroplex 1989," Texas Christian University,

                             Fort Worth, Texas - Juror: David Ross, Director, Institute for                                                           Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts. (Juror's Citation Award)

                        Three Man Show, Gallery at 3004 McKinney Avenue, Dallas, Texas

                        "A Family of Artists," 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas

            1988    "Last Show," DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas

                        "Memories, Dreams, Reflections,"  Gallery Camino-Real,

                             Boca Raton, Florida

            1987    Group Show, DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas

            1986    Summer Show, Alternate Gallery, Dallas, Texas

                        Group Show, Theater Gallery, Dallas, Texas

                        Group Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas

            1985    "Painting -- Sacred and Profane," Theater Gallery, Dallas, Texas

                        "Art in the Metroplex 1985," Texas Christian University,

                             Fort Worth, Texas

            1985    Faculty Art Exhibition, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas

                        "Critic's Choice," D-Art (now Dallas Visual Arts Center), Dallas, Texas

                        "The Madonna Show," Theater Gallery, Dallas, Texas

                        "Fourth Annual Open Show," 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas

                        "Faculty Exchange Exhibition," Texas Christian University,

                             Fort Worth, Texas

            1984    Group Show, New Orleans Contemporary Art Center,

                             New Orleans, Louisiana

                        "Sixth Annual Austin Contemporary Art Exhibition," Dougherty Arts                                                   Center, Austin, Texas

                        "Art in the Metroplex 1984," Texas Christian University,

                             Fort Worth, Texas

            1983    Group Show, Tilden Foley Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

 

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

 

            2007    UT Austin ChancellorÕs Award, Teacher of the Year

 

2005    Legends Award, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art

 

            2002    Paintings in Permanent Collection of Young-Un Contemporary Art Museum,                                  Korea

 

            2002    Painting in Permanent Collection of Jack Blanton Museum of Art, Austin,   Texas

 

            2001    Painting in Permanent Collection of Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

 

 

 

 

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AWARDS AND HONORS (cont.)

 

 

            2001    Painting in Permanent Collection of Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas

            1999    Painting in Permanent Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

 

            1992    Painting in Permanent Collection of Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

 

            1990    M-AAA / NEA Fellowship Award in Paintings and Works on Paper          

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

           

            Colpitt, Fran, Review, Art in America, September, 2006, no.8. (photo)

 

Terranova, Charissa, , Review, Capturing Motion. The Dallas Observor, March, 16-20th, 2006.

 

OÕBrien, Titus, Review, Shift in the Cultural Climate. Fort Worth Star Telegram, 2006

 

Binder, Eugene, Mark Cole, Nicholas Knight, John Pomara. Exhibition catalog and essay.

     (photos) October 2006.

 

Bourbon, Matthew.  Review of solo show at Inman Gallery.  Flash Art.  September                             2004.  p. 117, photo.

            Mariani, Anthony.  "The Fifth Dimension".  Fort Worth Weekly.  Oct 29 - Nov 4,                                       2003.  p. 21

            McCabe, Bret.  "Screen Time"  Dallas Observer, August 9-15, 2001. page 63.

            Daniel, Mike.  "New Works"  Dallas Morning News; Weekend Guide. May 11,                                          2001.  page 5

            Weaver, Suzanne.  Interview with artist for "Concentrations 39: John Pomara"                                             catalogue produced by Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, 2001. Photos.

            Mitchell, Charles Dee.  "Night Rays," The Dallas Morning News, March 30, 2001,                              page 12C, photo.

            McCabe, Bret.  Review of "Concentrations 39: John Pomara," Dallas Observer,                                         August, 2001, photo.

            Klaasmeyer, Kelly. "Office Max," Houston Press, March 29 - April 4, 2001,

                 page 64, photo.

            McCabe, Bret.  "Static in Motion," essay for John Pomara's exhibition catalogue,                                  Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas, February, 2001.  photos. 

            Catalogue.  "Texas:  150 Works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,"   

              produced by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, published 2000.

            Anspon. Catherine.  "Crossing State Lines"  Art News, vol. 99, no.11, page 163-64.                             December, 2000

            Johnson, Patricia, "Beyond Borders"  Houston Chronicle, Sep. 24, 2000

            Kutner, Janet.  "Absract works contradict, entice", Dallas Morning News, Feb. 27, 2000

 

 

 

 

 

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BIBLIOGRAPHY (cont.)

           

            McCabe, Bret.  "White Noise"  The Met, Feb. 23, 2000.

            Daniel, Mike.  "Man and Machine"  Dallas Morning News, Feb. 11, 2000.

            Odom, Michael. "John Pomara," Artforum, February 1999, page 101, photo.

            McCabe, Bret. "Looking Awry," The Met, #49, December 8-15, 1999.

            Rees, Christina. "All's Well That Ends Well," Dallas Observer,

                 December 23, 1999.

            Helber, Annabelle Massey. "Makin' Copies," The Met,  January 6, 1999, page 39,   photo.

            Daniel, Mike. "Time Frames," Dallas Morning News/Guide, Dec. 25, 1998, photo.

            Daniel, Mike. "New Developments at UTD," Dallas Morning News/Guide,                                          November 13, 1998.

            Pomara, John and Moody, Tom. "Static," essay for "Static"  exhibition catalogue,                                        Eugene Binder Gallery, L.I.C., New York, New York.  photo.

            Colpitt, Frances. "Play It Again, Sam," essay for Serial Imagery  exhibition                                          catalogue, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas.  photo.

            Moody, Tom. "Carl Fudge, John Pomara, William Wood," Essay for group            

                 exhibition catalogue, Eugene Binder Gallery, L.I.C., New York, NY, photo.

            Mitchell, Charles Dee.  "Angstrom Gallery Stirring Up the Art Scene,"

                The Dallas  Morning  News,  May 16, 1997.

Colpitt, Frances. "Texas Abstract: New Paintings of the Nineties," Exhibition                                     Catalogue, 1995.  photo.

            Colpitt, Frances.  "Going Against the Grain," Art in America, April 1995, p. 43-47, photo.

            Odom, Michael. "On View: Dallas," New Art Examiner, January 1995, page 30.

            Odom, Michael. Review," New Art Examiner, Summer 1994, page 66, photo.

            Kutner, Janet. "Four Different Languages," The Dallas Morning News,

                 March 19, 1994, page C1.

            Tyson, Janet. "Excellent Offerings in Dallas," Fort Worth Star Telegram,

                 April 6, 1994, page E1.

            Kutner, Janet. "Making a Case for Abstract Art," The Dallas Morning News,

                 March 4, 1994, page 45. Guide.

            Emenhiser, Karen.  "Abstraction's Eternal Return," Circa, Jan/Feb 1993, page 15.

            Bass, Shermakaye. "New Abstraction..." The Dallas Morning News, January 4, 1993.

            Mitchell, Charles Dee. "A Study in Contrasts," The Dallas Morning News,

                 November 12, 1992, page 1C.

            Tyson, Janet. "Review," Fort Worth Star Telegram, November 3, 1992, page 1F, photo.

Emenhiser, Karen. "Free-fall Abstraction," Dallas Observer, November 5, 1992,                     page 32, photo.

Moody, Tom. "John Pomara and the New Abstraction," essay for exhibition                             catalogue, Eugene Binder Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1992.  photos.

            Emenhiser, Karen. "Review," Art Papers, January / February 1992, p 65-66, photos.

            Moody, Tom. "Review," Artforum, December 1991, pages 108-109, photo.

            Emenhiser, Karen. "Review," Detour, October 1991, pages 102-103, photo.

            Exhibition catalogue, Mid-America Biennial, Nelson-Adkins Museum,

                 Kansas City, Missouri, 1991.  photo.

            Tyson, Janet. "Review: Pure Paint," Fort Worth Star Telegram,

                 September 26, 1991, page 6E.

 

 

 

 

 

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BIBLIOGRAPHY (cont.)

           

            Moody, Tom. "On Abstract's Cutting Edge," The Dallas Morning News,

                 August 8, 1990, page 5C, photo.

            Roberts, Tre. "Review: 3004 McKinney Exhibit," Art Papers, May / June 1989,                                                           Vol. 13, No. 3, photo.

            Mitchell, Charles Dee."A Gallery of One's Own," Dallas Observer, March 9, 1989,                            photo.

            Mitchell, Charles Dee. "Review," Art Space, Fall 1985, Vol. 9, No. 4, p 60, photo  

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

            1999-Present   Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas,

                                         Richardson, Texas

 

            1994-1996       Adjunct Instructor of Painting/Guest Lecturer, University of Texas                                            at Dallas, Richardson, Texas

           

            1995-1999       Senior Lecturer, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas

           

            1995                Visiting Lecturer of Painting, University of North Texas,

                                         Denton, Texas

 

            1994-1996       Adjunct Instructor, Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas

 

            1983-1993       Adjunct Instructor, Painting and Drawing, East Texas State                                                        University, Commerce, Texas

 

           

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

           

            2002    Curator, Exhibition, "Jet-Set" University of Texas at Dallas,

                             Richardson, Texas

           

            2001    Panel;  "Photoshock:  Painting and Photography in the Digital Age"  Dallas                                          Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

Lecture:  "Screen Play" (in conjunction with "Concentrations 39: John                                  Pomara," exhibition)  Dallas Museum of Art, Horchow Auditorium,                                         Dallas, Texas. May 24.

                        Curator, Exhibition, "Floored," University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson,   TX

                        Curator, Exhibition, "Hand-Job," University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

 

            2000    Panel:  Gerhard Richter, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

                        Lecture; "Abtraction in Texas; Texart, 2000"  Gallery Talks, Amarillo                                               Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas

                        Curator, Exhibition, "Substance Abuse," University of Texas at Dallas,                                            Richardson, Texas

 

 

 

 

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (cont.)

 

            1999    Curator, Exhibition, "PIX," Invitational of 10 Critics and Writers to Select                                        New Talent, University of Texas at Dallas Gallery, Richardson, Texas           

                        Lecture: "Engagement and Reflection, an Artist's Touch, Brice Marden,"

                             Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

                        Panel Discussion: "Post-Hypnotic," McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas,TX

                        Lecture: "Encoded Abstraction," Dallas Museum of Art, Horchow Auditorium        1998    Lecture; "Connecting with Modern Art:  Nature to Culture"  Dallas Museum                                     of Art, Horchow Auditorium, Dallas, Texas, 1998

                        Co-curator, Exhibition, "Blurring the Lines," University of Texas at Dallas,                          Panel Discussion: "Blurring the Lines," organized with Charles Wylie,                                             Matthew McCaslin, David Reed and Michal Rovner, University of Texas                                        at Dallas, Richardson, Texas

            1996    Panel Discussion: "Abstraction in the Nineties," McKinney Avenue                                          Contemporary, Dallas, Texas; and ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas.

                        Artist Advisory Committee, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

                        Panel Discussion: "Abstraction: Then and Now," The Modern Art Museum                                         of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas

                        Artist Talk: "Arshille Gorky: The Breakthrough Years,"  The Modern Art                                        Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas

            1995    Artist Advisory Committee, McKinney Ave. Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

                        Slide Lecture: University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

                        Lecture: "Content in Abstraction," Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

            1994    Gallery Talk: "An Artist Speaks," Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

            1993    Lecture: "Painting into the '90s," Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas

                        Lecture: "Abstraction in Art," PM League, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

            1993    Lecture: "A New Abstraction for the '90s," CRCA Gallery, University of                                         Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

                        Committee Member: Second Saturday Lecture Series, cohosted by D.A.R.E                                          and the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

            1992    Committee Member: Second Saturday Lecture Series, cohosted by D.A.R.E                                          and the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

            1991    Gallery Talk: Mid-America Biennial, Nelson-Adkins Museum of Art,

Kansas City, Missouri

                        Guest Lecturer: Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas

                        Panel Discussion: "Pure Paint," Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

 

 

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

 

            Young-Un Contemporary Art Museum, Korea

            American Airlines

            Blanton Museum of Art , Austin, Texas

            Dallas Museum of Art

            Houston Museum of Fine Arts

            Modern Museum of Art (Artist Book Collection), New York, New York

            Neiman Marcus